Housing is the foundation for health and behavioral health.  It is a critical component in the lives of the individuals we serve at the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH) to ensure stability, create community and support goals such as employment, social connectedness and recovery.

The Department is excited to offer this Housing Retention Tool Kit in collaboration with our partners at Horizon Health Partnership (HHP) and the BHHP Training Group. This tool kit was created with input from case managers and property managers to assist frontline staff in working with their clients to help them keep the precious resource of the new housing they have obtained. We hope you find this tool kit helpful and appreciate any feedback you have on how this toolkit can be more helpful to you.

* A special thanks to Ashley Bunker and Nicole Interlini, former Housing First interns, for sharing their “Home to Stay” training which was used to build this training and our friends at The Housing Network for sharing their “Ready to Rent” workshop material from which we also borrowed to create this Housing Retention tool kit.

** And a big shout-out to Courtney Willard and Nicholas Gennari, both wonderful Johnson & Wales students who worked on this toolkit. Courtney created the web pages and Nick did all the illustrations! Thanks to you both!